Great article (inspirational) and features. I grew up on motorcycles. Had several before I had a drivers license or car... Sold my last bike a few years back...
Glory days!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AHI4DL2B...

Technology has brought with it suffocating dependence and the evolution from analog to digital has increased that dependency. That is why so many of us who ride (rather than drive) embrace machines that our fathers and grandfathers rode - ones with points and condensers, or magnetos, carbs rather than FI, cotton wrapped wire harnesses rather than CANbus.

The point is to experience the aesthetic of actually contributing to controlling the experience, to the degree that these classic machines will permit, each with its own particular personality.

Ride safe my friends!

oh-and hotsprings nearby

good story. I love Deming, btw nice people, warm temps, award winning green chili, wineries.

I always slow and at least yell out the window_"do you need help?" frankly, I am not good with cars. they can probably change a tire and look perplexedly under the hood even better than me. but I hate it thinking someone is stranded.
I have always found bikers to be friendly and helpful. I'm sorry that your experience has been different

I've had truckers stop to help me. During the 1st big gas crisis I was driving from Pensacola to Malibu. In a Texas downpour an unseen piece of debris hit the underside of my car and poked a small hole in the gas tank. Got it fixed in El Paso then headed west. Just after hitting New Mexico suddenly the car wouldn't run going over 35mph. A trucker and his fellow driver stopped to help, then followed me all the way to a truck stop in Deming at 35mph. 2 days later and rust flushed from the 4 barrel carb I was back on the road thanks to the truckers watching out for me.

I have had a guy on a bike stop to help me in the past. Long tome go when the gas gauge in my Karmann Ghia was broken. I was stuck, and he helped me out.

I might, as well, although being a woman alone in my car or with my kids usually, I'm not inclined to stop. I have stopped for other women, however.

Very good thoughts on this. If I saw a "Who is John Galt" sticker, it would change my opinion of the driver for the better, and I'd be more inclined to stop. You are right about the adversity aspect. Very true.

There are two types of people who will stop almost always for someone who has broken down on the road. Bikers will stop for bikers, and Blacks will stop for Blacks. Of course, almost every man will stop for a pretty girl, but we can't really count that as he's hoping for something different than the girl stopping for him if he's broke down.

Let a White man in a car break down and once in a blue moon someone will stop. I think it is more the feeling of bikers and Blacks of facing adversity that brings out their offer of help.

I'll admit, I see a car broke down on the road, I too will drive on by. Yet, I will still stop to inquire if a biker needs help whether on my bike or my truck. I bet if I saw a 'Who is John Galt?' sticker on a car, I'd stop then too. Kindred spirits facing adversity, it does work to bring people together.